| Sight you can hardly believe | New York Times | 24 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Optical illusion (6) | Mirror Quick | 08 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | I'm back to anger apparition (6) | Mirror Cryptic | 08 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Assassin's 9 Across ____, video game; illusion | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 07 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Harry Maguire leaving United? That's unreal! |  |  | 
          
            | False appearance, as of water in the desert (6) | Puzzler Backwords | 02 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | A series of French delta-winged fighters and bombers made by the aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation |  |  | 
          
            | Fantastic sight | Newsday | 28 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Optical illusion (6) | Mirror Quick | 18 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | I'm back to anger apparition (6) | Mirror Cryptic | 18 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Bad behaviour when driving to Leeds, perhaps, is illusion | The Times Quick Cryptic | 05 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | An optical illusion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Silver in the dirt - it's an illusion! (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Sight of water in the desert, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Sahara sight | Thomas Joseph | 08 May 2025 | 
          
            | Illusory vision? I'm upset with anger | The Times Quick Cryptic | 05 May 2025 | 
          
            | An illusion I tease myself about (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Appearance not there in reality (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Right game one sorted out, it not being actually there (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Motorway madness seen in desert? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | A germ I suspect is something illusory (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Oasis, sometimes |  |  | 
          
            | In marshy land silver isn't actually there (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Optical illusion in a desert (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Optical illusion in the desert |  |  | 
          
            | Merely illusory reflection alluringly generating expectations to begin with (6) |  |  | 
          
            | An optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Deceptive gear change on the motorway (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Anger on M1 an illusory thing | The Sun Two Speed | 21 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Desert phenomenon | The Sun Two Speed | 21 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | I'm crazed with anger at the deception! (6) |  |  | 
          
            | This morning, Reg and I see an optical illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion reminiscent of a Mitsubishi range? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | I'm wrong to rant and rave at a mere illusion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | False vision | Puzzler Backwords | 23 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | I'm changing gear to create an illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion (6) | Puzzler | 14 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Illusory change of gear on the motorway (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Optical illusion (6) | The Guardian Quick | 07 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | That old space station will show its years, if only in illusion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | An illusion of heat (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion | USA Today | 27 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | I'm changing gear just to create an illusion |  |  | 
          
            | I'm out of gear? That's just an illusion! |  |  | 
          
            | Deceptive sight of a wagtail swamped? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | I'm about to storm at something which doesn't really exist! |  |  | 
          
            | Heat illusion |  |  | 
          
            | What a faraway oasis could be | Universal | 17 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Silver surrounded by mud is an illusion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | I'm about to storm on seeing what isn't there |  |  | 
          
            | Road rage, it seems, is just an illusion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | An oasis ... not! |  |  | 
          
            | Vision trick |  |  | 
          
            | Road rage can be a hallucination! (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Desert optical illusion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Vision of motorway 23 (6) |  |  | 
          
            | I'm about to storm at something that isn't there! |  |  | 
          
            | Edge upwards to get old illusion |  |  | 
          
            | 2013 novel by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul | Mirror Quiz | 27 May 2024 | 
          
            | Assassin's Creed ____, 2023 video game | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 15 May 2024 | 
          
            | Grime has a certain illusion with it (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Desert hallucination |  |  | 
          
            | Desert dream |  |  | 
          
            | Thirteenth studio album by Fleetwood Mac, released in 1982 (6) |  |  | 
          
            | An illusion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | It's just an illusion | New York Times | 21 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Vegas neighbor of Caesars |  |  | 
          
            | Silver seen in mud? That's optical illusion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Marshy area entered by silver military aircraft (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Something illusory (6) |  |  | 
          
            | It's just an illusion that I'm in a rage! (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion | Mirror Tea Time | 30 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Silver in the dirt is an illusion | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Desert phenomenon | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | One of a family of combat aircraft produced in France since the 1950s (6) |  |  | 
          
            | I'm observed about to storm but it's only an illusion |  |  | 
          
            | It's not really there | Newsday | 03 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Desert sight | Thomas Joseph | 28 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Optical illusion | The Telegraph Quick | 23 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Fury on motorway? It's an illusion | The Times Cryptic | 28 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Desert illusion | The Times Concise | 23 May 2023 | 
          
            | Oasis that isn't really there? |  |  | 
          
            | It's not what you think it is | Universal | 01 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Don't believe it! | Universal | 14 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | I'm bowled over by craze which deceives viewers | The Guardian Cryptic | 09 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Illusion | The Guardian Quick | 12 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Illusion in the desert | USA Today | 06 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Space station on time -- that's an illusion | The Telegraph Cryptic | 08 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Desert illusion | Universal | 02 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | It's not true I'm over obsession |  |  | 
          
            | Optical phenomenon in the desert | USA Today | 15 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Desert illusion | USA Today | 15 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | I've one paper plane |  |  | 
          
            | Optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions | Irish Times Simplex | 27 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Optical illusion created by image moving over river |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Fury following motorway for vision | The Telegraph Cryptic | 12 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Driver's anger on London-to-Leeds journey? It's not real |  |  | 
          
            | Water in the Sahara that you may see but can't feel |  |  | 
          
            | Optical illusion created by the refraction of light | The Times Specialist Sunday | 23 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Introductions to masters in relativity: time's an illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Illusion on a hot road | Premier Sunday | 31 May 2020 | 
          
            | Optical illusion | The Times Concise | 21 May 2020 | 
          
            | Sahara sight | Thomas Joseph | 02 May 2020 | 
          
            | Optical illusion, in desert perhaps | Irish Times Simplex | 28 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Desert illusion | LA Times Daily | 20 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Desert illusion | The Washington Post | 20 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Optical illusion | New York Times | 12 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Saharan illusion | Premier Sunday | 22 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | False hope-provider in a desert |  |  | 
          
            | I'm taken aback by fashion — it's an illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Illusion in the desert | Newsday | 26 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Motorway madness? See it to believe it? |  |  | 
          
            | A sight to disregard | The New Yorker | 18 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Oasis, possibly | Wall Street Journal | 03 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Oasis, possibly |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Refraction principally in shimmering image |  |  | 
          
            | Scene imagined blowing a gasket close to Watford Gap services, possibly? | The Telegraph Cryptic | 25 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Desert illusion | USA Today | 27 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Road anger - the like of which you don't really see in barren space | Irish Times Crosaire | 12 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Desert sight | Thomas Joseph | 26 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Precious metal seen in swamp is an illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Get on after skirt pulled back – that's not what it seems |  |  | 
          
            | Illusory oasis, e.g | Wall Street Journal | 17 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Note: wrath is an illusion |  |  | 
          
            | French fighter‘s motorway madness |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Something not what it seems? This person's about to get very cross | The Telegraph Cryptic | 06 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Illusory image -- the setter should preserve one on newspaper | The Telegraph Cryptic | 05 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Illusory image | Newsday | 06 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Optical illusion | Canadiana | 31 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Illusion | The Telegraph Quick | 30 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Bird stripped in publication's English fantasy | The Telegraph Toughie | 11 May 2017 | 
          
            | Optical illusion | The Telegraph Quick | 08 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Illusion of sticky situation surrounding a head of government | The Telegraph Cryptic | 21 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Vision of motorway madness |  |  | 
          
            | Silver in swamp? It's an illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Silver in the dirt is an illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Motorway fury at illusory prospect of refreshment |  |  | 
          
            | Anger appropriate to principal motorway an illusory thing |  |  | 
          
            | I'm taken aback by anger? That's an illusion |  |  | 
          
            | It's not there | Newsday | 20 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Hallucination | The Telegraph Quick | 06 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Film with Gregory Peck in storm on motorway |  |  | 
          
            | Sight on a hot road | New York Times | 11 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Lifting skirt to get on — it's not what it seems |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion | Wall Street Journal | 09 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Sight that's not sound | New York Times | 05 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Illusion of motorway madness? |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion | The Times Concise | 10 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | It's not what it appears to be | USA Today | 04 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Sight that's not sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sight on a hot road |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion |  |  | 
          
            | It's not what it appears to be |  |  | 
          
            | Motorway madness? It isn't what it appears to be |  |  | 
          
            | Illusory sight of silver buried in mud |  |  | 
          
            | Desert shimmer |  |  | 
          
            | Rival of Caesars |  |  | 
          
            | Vision of a distant oasis, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Oasis, possibly |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Vegas hotel, with "the" |  |  | 
          
            | Vegas hotel, with "the" |  |  | 
          
            | It's not there |  |  | 
          
            | Now you see it, now you don't |  |  | 
          
            | Sahara sight |  |  | 
          
            | Illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Vegas casino-hotel |  |  | 
          
            | Illusion |  |  | 
          
            | '82 Fleetwood Mac album |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Las Vegas attraction, with "The" |  |  | 
          
            | It isn't really there |  |  | 
          
            | Lake in the Sahara, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Desert phenomenon |  |  | 
          
            | Saharan illusion |  |  | 
          
            | It's not to be believed |  |  | 
          
            | Desert phenomenon |  |  | 
          
            | It's not to be believed |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Sahara sight |  |  | 
          
            | Sight for sore eyes? |  |  | 
          
            | Water in the desert, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | It's not really there |  |  | 
          
            | Oasis, at times |  |  | 
          
            | Oasis, at times |  |  | 
          
            | Saharan illusion |  |  | 
          
            | It's not really there |  |  | 
          
            | Fata morgana, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Hotel on the Strip |  |  | 
          
            | Water that isn't wet |  |  | 
          
            | Refraction consequence, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Desert delusion |  |  | 
          
            | French fighter |  |  | 
          
            | It's not there |  |  | 
          
            | Illusion in the Sahara |  |  | 
          
            | It's not really there |  |  | 
          
            | Mitsubishi model |  |  | 
          
            | Mitsubishi model |  |  | 
          
            | Illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Sahara vision |  |  | 
          
            | This is not what it seems |  |  | 
          
            | It's not real |  |  | 
          
            | Vegas casino |  |  | 
          
            | Desert sight |  |  | 
          
            | Don't believe it! |  |  | 
          
            | Caesars Palace neighbor |  |  | 
          
            | Fata morgana |  |  | 
          
            | Fata morgana |  |  | 
          
            | MGM Grand has offered to buy it |  |  | 
          
            | Desert phenomenon |  |  | 
          
            | Nonreal sight |  |  | 
          
            | Disappointing desert "lake" |  |  | 
          
            | Sleight of land? |  |  | 
          
            | Fata Morgana |  |  | 
          
            | Pool that isn't |  |  | 
          
            | Illusion |  |  | 
          
            | French fighter jet |  |  | 
          
            | French war plane |  |  | 
          
            | Optical phenomenon |  |  | 
          
            | Gobi illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Delusion |  |  | 
          
            | Desert sight |  |  | 
          
            | Something too good to be true |  |  | 
          
            | Illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Optical illusion |  |  | 
          
            | Desert deceiver |  |  | 
          
            | Illusory thing |  |  | 
          
            | Illusory hope. |  |  | 
          
            | Hallucination in Death Valley. |  |  | 
          
            | Atmospheric phenomenon. |  |  | 
          
            | Cool, clear water in the Sahara. |  |  | 
          
            | Ignis fatuus |  |  | 
          
            | Something visionary. |  |  | 
          
            | It's not really there |  |  | 
          
            | Something unattainable. |  |  | 
          
            | Desert phenomenon. |  |  | 
          
            | Optical illusion. |  |  | 
          
            | The oasis that wasn't there. |  |  | 
          
            | Desert illusion. |  |  | 
          
            | Illusion. |  |  | 
          
            | Fata morgana. |  |  | 
          
            | Desert sight. |  |  | 
          
            | Fata Morgana is one. |  |  | 
          
            | Atmospheric illusion. |  |  |